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1、Unit7SectionAPre-readingActivitiesFirstListeningPleaselistentoashortpassagecarefullyandpreparetoanswersomequestions.SecondListeningListentothetapeagain.Thenanswerthefollowingquestionswithyourownexperiences.1)Whatcausesstress?2)WhataretheNICEfactors?Whyaretheyimp
2、ortant?3)HowdowefollowBenFranklin"sexample?LightenYourLoadandSaveYourLifeIfyouoftenfeelangryandoverwhelmed,likethestressinyourlifeisspinningoutofcontrol,thenyoumaybehurtingyourheart.Ifyoudontwanttobreakyourownheart,youneedtolearntotakechargeofyourlifewhereyoucan
3、—andrecognizetherearemanythingsbeyondyourcontrol.SosaysDr.RobertS.Eliot,authorofanewbooktitledFromStresstoStrength:HowtoLightenYourLoadandSaveYourLife.He'saclinicalprofessorofmedicineattheUniversityofNebraska.Eliotsaystherearepeopleinthisworldwhomhecalls"hotreac
4、tors".Forthesepeople,beingtensemaycausetremendousandrapidincreasesintheirbloodpressure.Eliotsaysresearchershavefoundthatstressedpeoplehavehighercholesterollevels,amongotherthings.vedoneyearsofworkinshowingthatexcessalarmorstresschemicalscanliterallyburstheartmus
5、clefibers.Whenthathappensithappensveryquickly,withinfiveminutes.Itcreatesmanyshortcircuits,andthatcausescrazyheartrhythms.Theheartbeatslikeabagofwormsinsteadofapump.Andwhenthathappens,wecan5tlive."Eliot,64,sufferedaheartattackatage44.Heattributessomeofthecauseto
6、stress.Foryearshewasa"hotreactor".Ontheexterior,hewascool,calmandcollectedbutontheintorior,stresswaskillinghim.He'snowdoingverywell.ThemainpredictorsofdestructivelevelsofstressaretheFUDfactors—fear,uncertaintyanddoubt—togetherwithperceivedlackofcontrol,hesays.Fo
7、rmanypeople,therootoftheirstressisanger,andthetrickistofindoutwheretheangeriscomingfrom."Doestheangercomefromafeelingthateverythingmustbeperfect?"Eliotasks.//That,sverycommoninprofessionalwomen.Theyfeeltheyhavetobeallthingstoallpeopleanddoitallpcrfectly.Theythin
8、k,'Ishould,Imust,Ihaveto.,Goodenoughisnevergoodenough.Perfectionistscannotdelegate.Theygetangrythattheyhavetocarryitall,andtheyblowtheirtops.Thentheyfeelguiltyandthey